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vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 325 224. THE GREY HORSE. A grey horse with a long tail stands quietly, facing right. The light glitters in silvery tones on its back and flanks. The rider in a dull-red coat and his man-servant are lying down on the sloping ground. Above a green hill rise heavy thunderclouds. To the right are two leafless willows. Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 1 6 inches. Exhibited at Dusseldorf, 1904, No. 404. In the collection of Dr. Holscher, Mulheim on the Rhine. 225. A Saddled Grey Horse. It is brightly illumined from the open door of a cottage in which a fire or candle is burning, at night. An early work, and somewhat hard. Panel. In the National Museum, Naples, 1893 catalogue, No. 3. 226. RIDER AND HORSE. In the foreground of a landscape. A fine sky. Of the master's mature period. In the collection of S. de Jonge, Paris. 227. A GREY HORSE. In a landscape, with two travellers, one of whom holds its bridle. To the right a dog is drinking. A horseman rides away. Signed in the left at foot with the monogram ; panel, 13 inches by inches. In the collection of Lord Penrhyn, Penrhyn Castle, No. 33. 228. A GREY HORSE AND ITS SLEEPING RIDER. In the foreground stands a grey horse, facing right. Its rider, in a red jacket, dark breeches, and brown hat, lies asleep on the right, at the foot of two old and almost leafless willows. His stick and a jug lie beside him. To the left are distant hills and a cottage. Signed on the right at foot with the early monogram ; panel, 14^ inches by 12 inches. In the collection of the late Gustav von Hoschek, Prague, 1907 catalogue, No. 137. 229. A GREY HORSE. A grey horse is drinking. Farther away are a woman and two seated figures. A fine reddish sky. To the right are a house and a tree. The grey horse resembles, but is not so strongly contrasted with the fine sky as, the grey horse in the Amsterdam picture (207). A very early work. Signed with the full monogram. In the collection of C. M. Brantsen, Rhederoord bei de Steeg. 230. A GREY HORSE. In the right foreground, under two trees, a grey horse stands in profile to the left. To the right is his rider. In the left background are a river with a sailing-boat, trees, and houses. This resembles in style the Nivaa picture (278). Signed almost in the centre with the early monogram ; panel, small.